Foundation-Directed Grants
Use the drop-down boxes below to search the listing of discretionary grants awarded through our application process. The Foundation awards grants in these strategic focus areas: Self-Sufficient Individuals and Families, Healthy Communities, Vibrant Democracy and Community Projects.
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Grantee | Purpose | Year | Amount Sort descending |
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Gateway Medical Society Inc. | to support its positive youth development Out of School Time program. | 2021 | $30,000 |
InVision Customized Services | to support leadership and career development initiatives for its Direct Support Professionals. | 2021 | $30,000 |
Global Links | To support the provision of medical backpacks in rural Nicaragua. | 2021 | $30,000 |
Nabhi Christian Ministries | to support the Emergency Energy Relief Assistance program. | 2021 | $30,000 |
Ruth's Way, Inc. | to support the Achievement Consultation Program which focuses on disrupting and preventing Black female youth from entering the school to prison pipeline. | 2021 | $30,000 |
Jeremiah's Place | For general operating support. | 2022 | $30,000 |
Beverly's Birthdays | To support the Greater Pittsburgh Infant Formula Bank. | 2022 | $30,000 |
This Generation Connect | To support the organization's food distribution initiatives. | 2022 | $30,000 |
Anna Middleton Waite Learning Center | To support the expansion of one new satellite computer learning center in a senior high rise. | 2022 | $30,000 |
JADA House International Inc. | To support the JHI Grand Families Kinship Care Program for seniors. | 2022 | $30,000 |
Legacy International Worship Center | To support expansion of the Legacy food pantry, computer literacy and job readiness program. | 2022 | $30,000 |
St. Paul AME Church | To support the food pantry and an after school program for abused and truant high school girls. | 2022 | $30,000 |
Ebenezer Outreach Ministries | To support the Ebenezer Outreach Ministries Basic Needs Center. | 2022 | $30,000 |
Casa San Jose | To support the Pittsburgh Latinx Artist Residency program. |
2022 | $30,000 |
Off the Floor Pittsburgh | To provide gently used furniture to disadvantaged families. | 2022 | $30,000 |
Praise Temple Deliverance Church | to address food apartheid in the Greater Hazelwood community. | 2022 | $30,000 |
Farm to Table Buy Local | To create opportunity and accessibility for Black artists, entrepreneurs and consumers in and around the craft brewing industry. | 2022 | $30,000 |
New Sun Rising | To provide three artists residencies at the Flower Farm Residency. | 2022 | $30,000 |
Refuge for Women Emergency Housing | To provide emergency housing to sex trafficking victims. | 2022 | $30,000 |
Aliquippa Green | to support expansion of the computer science out of school time programing for Black youth in Aliquippa. | 2021 | $31,300 |
Pittsburgh Learning Commons | to support 35 K-12 students' participation in year two of a four-year learner-centered, interdisciplinary after-school pilot program. | 2019 | $31,507 |
Stem Coding Lab, Inc. | to support its academic out-of-school time program hosted in partnership with two Pittsburgh Public Schools: King PreK-8 and Lincoln K-5. | 2022 | $31,800 |
Aleph Institute, Inc. | to support additional capacity for its alternative sentencing program. | 2018 | $32,000 |
New Sun Rising | to support a mental health cohort to support Black mothers impacted by gun violence. | 2021 | $32,500 |
McKees Rocks Community Development Corp. | to expand services and transportation for Sto-Rox after-school programming. | 2017 | $33,500 |
National Church Residences Foundation | to provide direct assistance and wellness programming to seniors experiencing poverty in independent housing communities in Allegheny County. | 2021 | $34,100 |
Vintage | to support exercise and wellness programming for older adults. | 2017 | $34,750 |
Crossroads Foundation | to support the Academic Pillars Program. | 2013 | $35,000 |
PA Women Work | for 3 Cups of Coffee, an innovative mentoring program for economically disadvantaged women. | 2014 | $35,000 |
Silk Screen | to support FY 2014 programming. | 2014 | $35,000 |
Arts for Autism Foundation of Pittsburgh | to develop and pilot a filmmaking program for youth and young adults. | 2014 | $35,000 |
New Sun Rising | to support the Arts Mode program. | 2015 | $35,000 |
Pittsburgh Filmmakers | for a new edition of the Marcellus Shale Documentary Project. | 2015 | $35,000 |
Creative Nonfiction Foundation | to support “Writing Away the Stigma.” | 2015 | $35,000 |
Society for Contemporary Craft | to support the Mindful exhibition and related programming. | 2015 | $35,000 |
Holy Family Institute | to support the design and implement the new STEM curriculum for the Holy Family Academy. | 2015 | $35,000 |
Pittsburgh Glass Center, Inc. | in support of artists' residencies and opportunities for artists of color to participate in the summer 2016 intensive program. | 2016 | $35,000 |
Conservation Pennsylvania | to register and mobilize traditionally under-represented voters in Allegheny County. | 2016 | $35,000 |
Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh | to support the Mentor 2.0 Program at Pittsburgh Brashear High School. | 2017 | $35,000 |
Growth Through Energy and Community Health, Inc. | to strengthen and expand the CommunityCare Program. | 2018 | $35,000 |
Attack Theatre | to support the development of their new site-specific immersive dance theater production, If|Maybe|Then, that utilizes interactive technology and new media. | 2018 | $35,000 |
Oakland Planning and Development Corporation | to support Financial Opportunity Center program delivery and plan for financial sustainability. | 2018 | $35,000 |
POISE Foundation | to launch the Pittsburgh Tenants’ Union of residents of subsidized housing. | 2018 | $35,000 |
Pittsburgh CLO | to support arts education for economically underserved youth. | 2019 | $35,000 |
River City Brass Band | to support the expansion of the School of Brass. | 2019 | $35,000 |
Women and Girls Foundation of Southwest Pennsylvania | to organize four babysitting cooperatives designed by participants. | 2019 | $35,000 |
Lawrenceville United | to support the PEP Rally program, which aims to strengthen and support neighborhood public schools. | 2020 | $35,000 |
Braddocks Battlefield History Center Inc. | to improve the quality of life in the 15104 zip code community through a cultural institution that connects the community's residents with the crucial world history that happened where they live. | 2020 | $35,000 |
Northside Industrial Development Company | to build the capacity of grassroots organizations and residents to advocate for reform of the city’s budget process. | 2020 | $35,000 |
Arsenal Family and Children's Center | To support tuition assistance for children from low-income families. | 2021 | $35,000 |